With response rates dropping in email and direct mail, more nonprofits are turning to text messaging to communicate with donors.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
5 Ways to Inspire and Show Appreciation for Planned Gifts
Listen to build trust and help reveal donors’ motivations, focus on loyalty rather than wealth, and consider challenge grants.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Too Many Boards Abuse Their Power. Let’s Change That.
Columnist Joan Garry lays out four ways to change dysfunctional dynamics between trustees and nonprofit executives.
By Joan Garry
Contributor
How to Protect Your Nonprofit From Controversial Donors
As donor scandals ensnare nonprofits, fundraisers and experts suggest policies and procedures to avoid problems.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
How to Streamline the Evaluation of Potential Donors
The University of California at San Francisco uses an algorithm that cuts low-scoring people from the list of potential donors and creates a tiered system for the rest based on the likelihood they will give.
By Michael Theis
Contributor
What To Do When Your Cause Is in the Spotlight: Lessons From the Amazon Fires
Rainforest-preservation and indigenous-rights groups saw a spike in donations and interest when fires in Brazil drew the world’s attention. What can your nonprofit learn from their experience?
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Got a Question About Low Nonprofit Pay? Nonprofit CEO Rusty Stahl Has Answers.
How can nonprofits pay their staff more? Fund the People CEO Rusty Stahl offers suggestions.
Who Needs an Executive Coach? Readers Respond
How do I find a good executive coach? Can a coach help me identify and prepare for my next nonprofit role? Columnist Joan Garry has answers.
By Joan Garry
Contributor
The Future of College Phone-athons: How One State University Is Adapting
Calling fewer donors brought initial success, but then giving fell, so Colorado State plans to get personal.
By Emily Haynes
Senior Editor, Nonprofit Intelligence
Igniting Board Members’ Passion: Readers Respond
How can you get trustees excited about the mission if their only contact at the organization is the executive director? Or if the mission isn’t about saving puppies or feeding the hungry? Columnist Joan Garry has answers.
By Joan Garry
Contributor